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Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

The County Court has allowed an adult child 'reasonable provision' from her father's estate, continuing the recent trend allowing disinherited children a share of a deceased parent's estate.

In this particular case the deceased had left his entire estate to a friend and had left a letter explaining his reasons for excluding his three daughters. One of the daughters' claimed reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act, asking the court for £59,000 to fund a veterinary training course and to pay off various debts.

The court allowed the daughter's claim but limited it to to £30,000, finding that the estrangement was the daughter's fault.

A High Court decision has analysed the position of parties to a shareholders' agreement who are also Directors of the company and therefore subject to fiduciary and other duties owed to the company.
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How many times have you heard people say that their employer can't give them a bad reference? For me, it is one of those phrases that I would like to have a pound for, for each time I've heard it.
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